JPH11261686A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten the transfer time and also to improve the operability of a communication device, when the information is transferred from an IC card to a storage means of a portable telephone system. SOLUTION: If a transfer state flag of a memory (storage means) is '0', when the control circuit of a portable telephone device shifts to a memory dial reading processing, the control circuit does not make transfer nor store to be made many, e.g. 100 telephone numbers which are stored in the memory of an SIM (IC) card, all at one time to the memory of the portable telephone system but instead transfers and stores plural, (e.g. five telephone numbers) including the one that is designated by a key operation in the memory of the telephone system (S3). Then only the telephone number that has been designated by a key operation is expanded (S5) and shown on a display (S6). Thus, it is possible to shorten the time, when a telephone number that is designated by a key operation is read out and also to improve the operability of a communication device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device which can be connected to an IC card capable of storing a large amount of information.

[0002]

In recent years, with the advance of telecommunication technology, communication devices such as portable telephone devices and vehicle-mounted telephone devices have become widespread.
A mobile phone device using a C card has been considered. This is a SIM (SubscriberIdenti
TY Module) card, and inserting the SIM card into the mobile phone device, for example, causes the subscriber number (ID code) stored in the memory of the SIM card to be transferred to and stored in the memory of the mobile phone device. Then, the subscriber number is expanded to enable telephone calls and data communication.

In this case, in addition to the above subscriber number, a memory dial or the like can be stored in the memory of the SIM card.
00 phone numbers can be stored. In a state where, for example, 100 telephone numbers are stored as memory dials in the memory of the SIM card, the user performs a key operation for reading the telephone number stored in, for example, the 31st telephone number. Then, 100 phone numbers from the memory of the SIM card are transferred and stored in the memory of the mobile phone device at a time, and thereafter, only the 31st phone number out of the 100 phone numbers is expanded. Is displayed on the display. Thus, the user can perform a calling operation (calling operation) based on the 31st telephone number displayed on the display.

However, in this case, as described above, 100 telephone numbers stored in the memory of the SIM card are transferred and stored at one time in the memory of the portable telephone device, and thereafter, the 31st telephone number is stored. Is expanded and displayed on the display, so the time required to transfer and store those 100 phone numbers is relatively long, that is, the 31st phone number is displayed on the display. There is a problem that the time until the operation is relatively long and the usability is poor.

In this case, the memory of the SIM card has a structure in which information on whether or not a telephone number is stored cannot be stored due to the limitation of the capacity of the storage area. In the memory of the card, temporarily
Even if 100 phone numbers are not stored as memory dials, for example, only 50 phone numbers are stored, the maximum number of phone numbers that can be stored is 100.
Items are sequentially scanned. Under the circumstances, the above-mentioned problem may occur regardless of the number of telephone numbers stored in the memory of the SIM card, and may occur regardless of the storage order of the telephone numbers read. is there.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an IC capable of storing a large amount of information.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device in which a card can be connected and in which usability can be improved.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the control means detects that a trigger has been given by the trigger detection means, the control means determines the number of pieces of information stored in the IC card. A plurality of pieces of information including the information specified by the trigger are transferred to the storage unit, or a plurality of pieces of information including the information specified by the trigger among a large number of pieces of information stored in the storage unit. Or transfer it to an IC card.

As described above, the control means transfers information between the IC card and the storage means, instead of transferring a large amount of information at one time, but is designated by a trigger of the large number of information. Since a plurality of pieces of information including information are transferred, the amount of information transferred at one time between the IC card and the storage means can be reduced, and accordingly, the time required for the transfer is reduced. Can be done.

That is, if, for example, 100 phone numbers are stored as a large amount of information in the IC card, when a trigger is given, those 100 phone numbers are stored in the storage means once from the IC card. Instead of being transferred and stored, for example, five telephone numbers including the telephone number specified by the trigger as a plurality of information are transferred to the storage means and stored. When the telephone number specified by the trigger is read out, the time until the telephone number is read out can be shortened, thereby improving usability.

In particular, when the communication device is, for example, an in-vehicle telephone device, and there is a relatively large distance between the IC card and the storage means, or when a sufficient transfer speed cannot be obtained. This is effective for a communication device having only an interface.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the control means executes the above-described transfer processing when the key operation detecting means detects that a predetermined key operation has been performed as the above-mentioned trigger. That is, if, for example, 100 phone numbers are stored as a large amount of information in the IC card, and the user performs a key operation to read the phone number stored in the 31st phone, for example, For example, 31 including the 31st telephone number specified by key operation
Since the five telephone numbers of the thirty-fifth to the thirty-five telephone numbers are transferred and stored in the storage means, the desired thirty-first telephone number can be quickly read out, thereby improving the usability. Improvement can be further achieved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the control means detects that a trigger has been given by the trigger detection means, the control means stores a plurality of pieces of information among a large number of pieces of information stored in the IC card in the storage means. Transfers a plurality of pieces of information out of a large number of pieces of information stored in a storage means to an IC.
Or transfer it to a card. Thus, the control means
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in transferring information between the IC card and the storage means, a plurality of pieces of information among a large number of pieces of information are transferred instead of transferring a large number of pieces of information at once. The same operation and effect as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the control means executes the above-mentioned transfer processing when the time measuring means detects that a predetermined time has come as the above-mentioned trigger.
That is, for example, 100
When a predetermined time is reached when the telephone numbers for the cases are stored, for example, five telephone numbers of the 100 cases are transferred and stored in the storage means, and when the next predetermined time is reached, The next five telephone numbers are transferred and stored in the storage means. Thus, the 100 telephone numbers are sequentially transferred to the storage means and stored in the storage means five by five. In addition, the above-described transfer processing can be executed without any user's awareness.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the control means executes the above-described transfer processing when the priority processing presence / absence determining means detects that there is no other priority processing as the above-mentioned trigger. In other words, when a large number of information, for example, 100 telephone numbers are stored in the IC card, and there is no other priority processing, for example, five telephone numbers out of 100 are stored in the storage means. When there is no further priority processing, the next five telephone numbers are transferred to and stored in the storage means. Since the telephone numbers are sequentially transferred to and stored in the storage means for every five cases, the above-described transfer processing can be executed without the user being conscious of anything. in this case,
It has no effect on other processing.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when transferring a plurality of pieces of information among the plurality of pieces of information between the IC card and the storage means, each of the plurality of pieces of information is stored in the IC card. The above-described transfer processing is executed based on transfer state information for identifying whether or not transfer has been performed between the transfer means and the means.

That is, when a large number of information, for example, 100 telephone numbers are stored in the IC card,
For example, when the user performs a key operation for reading out the telephone number stored in the 32nd phone number, if the specified 32nd telephone number has already been transferred to the storage means and stored, Since it is not necessary to transfer and store the 32nd telephone number again, at this time, by inhibiting the above-described transfer processing, power consumption can be reduced accordingly and the designated telephone number can be saved. The 32nd telephone number can be quickly read.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention is applied to a portable telephone device, and a SIM (Subscriber Identity M) is used as an IC card.
A first embodiment employing an odule card will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in FIG. 2 showing the entire configuration of the portable telephone device and the SIM card, a “start” key, an “end” key,
Key operation unit 3 as trigger detection means and key operation detection means provided with various keys such as numeric keys "0" to "9", a "call" key, and a "scroll" key, numbers, characters and symbols A display 4, a microphone (transmitter) 5, and a loudspeaker (receiver) 6 for displaying a message, a telephone number, and the like by a combination of the above are provided.

An antenna case 2a is provided integrally with the housing 2 at the upper part of the housing 2. Inside the antenna case 2a, a whip antenna 7 for both transmission and reception is provided (see FIG. 3). Are arranged. Further, a slit-shaped opening 8 is provided in the upper part of the housing 2, and S
The IM card 9 is inserted through the opening 8 so that substantially the entirety of the IM card 9 is housed inside the housing 2.

In this case, when substantially the entire SIM card 9 is stored in the housing 2, the IC card 9
The circuit section (not shown) is electrically connected to a connection terminal (not shown) provided on the mobile phone device 1 side, so that the SIM card 9 and the mobile phone device 1 are electrically connected. It is designed to be electrically connected.

Next, the above-described portable telephone device 1 and S
The electrical configuration of the IM card 9 will be described with reference to FIG. The control circuit 10 as a control means is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The control circuit 10 includes a voice processing unit 11, a data conversion unit 12, a transmission / reception unit 13, a storage unit, and a transfer state information storage unit. Memory 14 and SIM card interface 1
5 is connected, and the above-mentioned key operation unit 3 and display 4 are connected. The audio processing unit 11 is connected to the microphone 5 and the speaker 6 described above, and is also connected to the data conversion unit 12, and the data conversion unit 12 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 13, and the transmission / reception unit 12 , The whip antenna 7 described above is connected.

In this case, in the control circuit 10, as described above, the SIM card 9 is housed in the housing 2, and the IC circuit section of the SIM card 9 and the connection terminal of the portable telephone device 1 are electrically contacted. In some cases, the fact that the SIM card 9 and the mobile phone device 1 are electrically connected is detected via the SIM card interface unit 15.

The SIM card 9 has a well-known memory 9
The storage area of the memory 9a includes a storage area for storing a subscriber number (ID code) (subscriber number storage area) and a storage area for storing a memory dial (memory dial storage). Area), a storage area for storing the outgoing history (outgoing history storage area), and a storage area for storing the incoming history (incoming history storage area). Thus, a subscriber number, a memory dial, an outgoing call history, an incoming call history, and the like are respectively stored.

In the present embodiment, the memory dial storage area will be represented hereafter. In this case, the memory dial storage area corresponds to, for example, addresses 00 to 99 as shown in FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that 100 telephone numbers (a lot of information in the present invention) can be stored.

The memory 14 of the portable telephone device 1 has a storage area similar to the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 described above, and includes a subscriber number storage area, a memory dial storage area,
It is divided into an outgoing call history storage area, incoming call history storage area, and the like. In each of these storage areas, a subscriber number, a memory dial, an outgoing call history, an incoming call history, etc. (Transfer state information). That is, in this case, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, 100 telephone numbers can be stored together with the transfer state flag in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1.

This transfer status flag indicates that each of the telephone numbers (see FIG. 4) stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 is stored in the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 and the memory of the portable telephone device 1 respectively. 14 indicates whether the data is transferred and stored.

More specifically, the memory 14 of the mobile phone 1
If the telephone number equal to the telephone number stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 is stored in the memory dial storage area of the SIM card 9, the transfer state flag corresponding to the telephone number is set to "1". On the other hand, in the other cases, that is, in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1 and in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9 a of the SIM card 9. When a telephone number different from the stored telephone number is stored, or when no telephone number is stored, the transfer state flag is set to “0”. FIG. 5 shows a case where no telephone number is stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1 and the transfer state flag is set to “0” accordingly. I have.

In the above-described portable telephone device 1,
The voice processing unit 11 generates voice data by encoding a reception signal given from the microphone 5, and outputs the voice data to the data conversion unit 12. The data conversion unit 12 The audio data provided from the processing unit 11 is converted into communication data, and the communication data is output to the transmission / reception unit 13. The transmission / reception unit 13 modulates the carrier with the communication data provided from the data conversion unit 12 to transmit the communication data as a transmission signal from the whip antenna 7 to the wireless base station. As a result, audio data transmission processing is performed.

The transmission / reception unit 13 demodulates communication data provided as a reception signal from the radio base station to the whip antenna 7 and outputs the demodulated communication data to the data conversion unit 12. In addition, the data conversion unit 12 converts communication data provided from the transmission / reception unit 13 into audio data, and outputs the audio data to the audio processing unit 11. And the voice processing unit 11
Generates a transmission signal by decoding the audio data provided from the data conversion unit 12 and outputs the transmission signal to the speaker 6. This allows
Audio data reception processing is performed.

Next, regarding the operation of the above configuration, in particular,
SIM card 9 is electrically connected to mobile phone device 1,
The processing executed by the control circuit 10 when the user performs a key operation for reading a telephone number stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 will be described.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

As a premise, 100 telephone numbers are stored as memory dials in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that no telephone number is stored in the memory dial storage area 14 and the transfer status flags are all set to “0” accordingly.

First, when the control circuit 10 is executing a main routine waiting for a key operation of an outgoing call process or a key operation of an incoming call process, the user enters a memory dial storage area of the memory 9 a of the SIM card 9. For example, 31
The telephone number (05) stored in the item (address 30)
2-222-xxx), when the "call" key, "3" key, and "1" key are sequentially operated, the control circuit 10 exits the main routine described above. The process proceeds to the memory dial reading process shown in FIG.

The control circuit 10, which has shifted to the memory dial reading process, sets the telephone number designated by the key operation in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14, ie, 31.
The transfer state flag corresponding to the telephone number that can be stored in the item is read, and the transfer state flag is determined (step S).
1).

Here, the transfer state flag corresponding to the telephone number which can be stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 and corresponding to the 31st telephone number is shown in FIG. 4 because no telephone number is stored. As described above, since it is set to “0”, the control circuit 10 determines “YES” in step S2, and stores the 31st telephone number specified by the key operation in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14. Judge that it is not stored.

Next, the control circuit 10 controls the SIM card 9
A predetermined number of telephone numbers (a plurality of pieces of information according to the present invention) including the designated telephone number stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a are transferred to and stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 ( Step S3).

More specifically, the control circuit 10 controls the 5th to 35th telephone calls including the 31st telephone number stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9. No. (052-222-xxxx ~ 052
-666-xxxx) as shown in FIG.
4 and stored in the memory dial storage area (step S3). At this time, the transfer status flags corresponding to the five telephone numbers from the 31st to the 35th are changed from “0” to “1”. Update (step S4).

The control circuit 10 controls the memory 1
No. 4, a predetermined number of telephone numbers stored in the memory dial storage area, that is, a telephone number designated by a key operation among five telephone numbers from the 31st to the 35th, that is, a 31st telephone number Expand the telephone number (step S5),
The 31st telephone number is displayed on the display 4 (step S6), and the process returns to the main routine described above. Thereby, the user can display the 31st telephone number (052-222) displayed on the display.
−xxxx) can be performed based on the outgoing call operation (calling operation).

Now, following this, the user sets S
Key operation for reading out the telephone number (052-333-xxx) stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the IM card 9 in, for example, the 32nd (address 31), for example, "call It is assumed that the "" key, the "3" key and the "2" key are sequentially operated.

In this case, the control circuit 10 that has shifted to the memory dial reading process in accordance with the key operation performs the above-described process to set the telephone number in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 that can be stored as the 32nd telephone number. Since the corresponding transfer state flag has been updated to "1", "NO" is determined in the above-described step S2, and the 32nd telephone number specified by the key operation is stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14. It is determined that it has been done.

Then, the control circuit 10 develops the telephone number stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 and designated by the key operation, that is, the 32nd telephone number (step S5). , The 32nd telephone number is displayed on the display 4 (step S
6) Return to the main routine described above. As a result, the user can perform a calling operation (calling operation) based on the 32nd telephone number (052-333-xxx) displayed on the display.

Here, following this, the user sets S
A key operation for reading out a telephone number (0566-22-xxx) stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the IM card 9 and stored in, for example, the 51st (address 50), for example, "Call It is assumed that the "" key, the "5" key and the "1" key are sequentially operated.

In this case, the control circuit 10 which has shifted to the memory dial reading process in accordance with the key operation, sets the transfer state flag in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 corresponding to the 51st telephone number that can be stored. Is set to “0”, “Y” is set in step S2 described above.
ES ”, and determines that the 51st telephone number specified by the key operation is not stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14.

Then, the control circuit 10 displays the 51st telephone number specified by the key operation on the display 4 by executing the above-described steps S3 to S5 (step S6). As a result, the user can display the 51st telephone number (0566-) displayed on the display.
22-xxxx) can be performed based on the calling operation (calling operation). In this case, in step S4, as shown in FIG.
The 55 phone numbers for the 55th case (0566-22-XXX)
X to 0566-66-xxxx) is updated from "0" to "1".

The above is the description of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9.
Has been described in the case where a telephone number stored as a memory dial in the memory dial storage area is transferred to the memory 14 of the mobile phone 1. Even when a telephone number stored as a memory dial in the memory dial storage area is transferred to the memory 9a of the SIM card 9, the same processing is performed.
Not only the telephone numbers stored as memory dials in the memory dial storage area, but also the telephone numbers stored as outgoing histories in the aforementioned outgoing call history storage area and the telephone numbers stored as incoming histories in the incoming call history storage area. The number is also transferred between the memory 14 of the mobile phone 1 and the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 by the same processing.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the user performs a key operation for reading a telephone number stored as a memory dial in the memory 9a of the SIM card 9, the control circuit 10 Numerous (for example, 100) stored as memory dials in the 9 memories 9a
Is not transferred and stored in the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1 at a time, but a plurality of (for example, five) phone numbers including the phone number designated by the key operation are transferred to the memory 14. Since the telephone number is stored and only the telephone number specified by the key operation is expanded and displayed on the display 4, the time until the telephone number specified by the key operation is read can be reduced. Thereby, usability can be improved.

In particular, in the first embodiment, a desired telephone number can be read by key operation. When the user performs a key operation for reading a telephone number stored in the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 as a memory dial, the telephone number specified by the key operation is already stored in the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1. When the telephone number is transferred and stored, the control circuit 10 does not cause the telephone number specified by the key operation to be transferred and stored again, so that the power consumption can be reduced accordingly. , The telephone number specified by the key operation can be quickly read.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Description will be made with reference to FIG. The same portions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, different portions will be described. In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a control circuit 22 as a control means, a trigger detection means and a priority processing presence / absence determination means in a cellular phone device 21 includes a timer 23 as a trigger detection means and a time counting means. The timer 23 detects whether or not a predetermined time has come, and detects the presence or absence of another priority process.

Next, regarding the operation of the above configuration, in particular,
The process executed by the control circuit 22 when the SIM card 9 is electrically connected to the mobile phone device 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

It should be noted that, in this case, as in the first embodiment, the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9 has 100 memory dials as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, no telephone number is stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 of the portable telephone device 21, and accordingly, all the transfer state flags are set. It is assumed that “0” is set.

First, when the control circuit 22 detects that a predetermined time has come by the timer 23 during the execution of the main routine waiting for the key operation of the transmission process, the key operation of the incoming call process, and the like. Alternatively, when it is detected that there is no other priority process, the process exits the main routine and proceeds to the memory dial reading process shown in FIG.

The control circuit 22, which has shifted to the memory dial reading process, reads the transfer state flag in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 and judges the transfer state flag (step S11). Then, the control circuit 22
When it is detected that the transfer state flag is set to "0", "YES" is determined in the step S12, and among the telephone numbers stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the SIM card 9, the memory It is determined that there is something not stored in the memory dial storage area 14.

Next, the control circuit 22 causes a predetermined number of telephone numbers including the telephone number whose transfer state flag is set to "0" to be transferred to the memory dial storage area of the memory 14 and stored therein (step S13). At this time, the transfer status flags corresponding to the predetermined number of telephone numbers are updated from "0" to "1" (step S14), and the process returns to the main routine described above (return).

When the timer 23 detects that the next predetermined time has come, or detects that there is no other priority processing, the control circuit 22 executes the above-mentioned memory dial reading processing, When it is detected that the transfer state flag is set to “0”, the processes of steps S12 to S14 described above are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, when the control circuit 22 does not detect that the transfer state flag is set to “0”, the control circuit 22 determines “NO” in step S12, and
It is determined that all the telephone numbers stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 9a of the card 9 have been transferred and stored in the memory dial storage area of the memory 14, and a transfer completion notification is made (step S15). Is returned. Then, the control circuit 22 that has shifted to the main routine executes the transfer completion notification in step S15 described above, and thereafter,
There is no transition to the memory dial reading process.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, when the control circuit 22 detects that the predetermined time has been reached by the timer 23 or that there is no other priority processing, the control circuit 22 executes the operation of the SIM card. Instead of having a large number (for example, 100) of telephone numbers stored as memory dials in the memory 9a of the mobile phone 9 transferred and stored in the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1 at a time, a plurality of telephone numbers are stored in the memory 14a.
Therefore, the transfer time can be reduced for each transfer, and the above-described transfer processing can be executed without any user's awareness.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows. The communication device is not limited to the mobile phone device, and may be applied to other communication devices such as a vehicle-mounted phone device, a home phone device, and a pager.

The number of telephone numbers that can be stored as a memory dial is not limited to 100, but may be any other number. The number transferred at a time is not limited to five, The number may be such that the user does not feel inconvenience in operation due to the processing speed.

The information that can be stored is not limited to the memory dial, but may be any data included in the portable telephone device, such as personal information (PIM), a schedule, and an address book.

The timing at which the transfer process is executed is not limited to the timing at which a key operation is performed or the timing at which a predetermined time is reached by a timer. It may be the timing at which the incoming signal is received.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing control contents according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage state of a memory of a SIM card in a memory dial storage area.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a storage state in a memory dial storage area of a memory of the mobile phone device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3, showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawings, 1 is a mobile phone device (communication device), 3 is a key operation unit (trigger detection means, key operation detection means), 9 is a SIM
Card (IC card), 10 is a control circuit (control means),
14 is a memory (storage means, transfer state information storage means), 2
1 is a mobile telephone device (communication device), 22 is a control circuit (control means, trigger detection means, priority processing presence / absence determination means), 23
Denotes a timer (trigger detecting means, time measuring means).

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A communication device configured to be connectable to an IC card capable of storing a large amount of information, wherein: a storage unit capable of storing a large amount of information that the IC card can store; A trigger detecting means for detecting, and when detecting that a trigger is given by the trigger detecting means, a plurality of pieces of information including information specified by the trigger among the plurality of pieces of information, A communication device comprising: control means for transferring data to and from storage means. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said trigger detecting means comprises key operation detecting means for detecting that a key operation has been performed, and said control means detects that a predetermined key operation has been performed by said key operation detecting means. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is configured to detect the communication device. 3. A communication device configured to be connectable to an IC card capable of storing a large amount of information, wherein: a storage unit capable of storing a large amount of information capable of being stored in the IC card; A trigger detecting means for detecting, and a control means for transferring a plurality of pieces of information among the plurality of pieces of information between the IC card and the storing means when detecting that a trigger is given by the trigger detecting means. A communication device comprising: 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trigger detecting means includes a time measuring means, and the control means is configured to detect a predetermined time by the time measuring means as the trigger. The communication device according to claim 3. 5. The trigger detection means comprises priority processing presence / absence determination means for determining the presence / absence of another priority processing, and the control means comprises: 4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the absence of the trigger is detected as the trigger. 6. A transfer state information storage means capable of storing transfer state information for identifying whether or not each of the plurality of pieces of information has been transferred between the IC card and the storage means, 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of pieces of information among said plurality of pieces of information are transferred between said IC card and said storage means based on said transfer state information. The communication device according to any one of the above.